Louis Vuitton's New Collection Was Made for Art Lovers

Can a handbag be a work of art? Louis Vuitton certainly seems to think so.

This fall, the fashion house is once again teaming up with Jeff Koons on a collection of bags featuring iconic paintings by Franc?ois Boucher, Paul Gauguin, Édouard Manet, Claude Monet, J. M. W. Turner, and Nicolas Poussin.

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Inspired in part by Koons's "Gazing Ball" series, the new collaboration picks up where the first Masters collection, which highlighted works by Leonardo da Vinci, Titian, Peter Paul Rubens, Jean-Honoré Fragonard and Vincent Van Gogh, left off.

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"They are part of my DNA," Koons says of this new set of paintings.

"When somebody walks down the street with this bag, or sits in a cafe with this bag,” Koons says of the Manet Neverfull style, "it’s communicating a love of humanism."

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As with the first iteration of Masters, Koons has once again manipulated Louis Vuitton's iconic monogram into his initials. Each bag also features a rabbit tag, a nod to motif he has used throughout his career.

The LV x Koons collection is available in stores now. Prices range from $585-$4,000. See all the pieces now on louisvuitton.com.